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The idea that I was two persons, that my identity was double, began to fascinate me with its simple solution of my experience. I knew that I was on the verge of losing my mental balance. If I lay there thinking, I was doomed. Diversion of some sort I...Looking Backward, 2000-1887 - Page 107by Edward Bellamy - 1888 - 470 pagesFull view - About this book

...set up an intolerable swjnv ming of tEe brain. The idea that I was two per. lions, that my idenfity was double, began to fascinate me with its simple...hastily dressing, opened the door of my room and went down-stairs. The hour was very early, it being not yet fairly light, and I found no one in the lower...

...to keep them from bursting, West falls prone upon the couch and wildly fights for his sanity. Then "the idea that I was two persons, that my identity...fascinate me with its simple solution of my experience" (Bellamy 1967 [1888], 141). A dual vision of society follows fast upon this crisis. West rushes out...

...Guattari have described as endemic to the "schizophrenic subject."61 As this crisis abates, West observes, "The idea that I was two persons, that my identity...fascinate me with its simple solution of my experience" (LB, 66). A similar doubling occurs at a number of other places in the narrative. During this first...